consuming (verb)
1consuming — consume ► VERB 1) eat or drink. 2) use up. 3) (especially of a fire) completely destroy. 4) (of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of. DERIVATIVES consuming adjective. ORIGIN Latin consumere, from sumere take …
2consume — [c]/kənˈsjum / (say kuhn syoohm) verb (consumed, consuming) –verb (t) 1. to destroy or expend by use; use up. 2. to eat or drink up; devour. 3. to destroy, as by decomposition or burning. 4. to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. 5. to absorb;… …
3consume — verb (T) 1 to use time, energy, goods etc: As a country, we consume a lot more than we produce. 2 time consuming something that is time consuming takes a long time: a very time consuming process 3 formal to eat or drink something: He s able to… …
4give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …
5keep off — verb 1. refrain from certain foods or beverages I keep off drugs During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day • Syn: ↑avoid • Hypernyms: ↑abstain, ↑refrain, ↑desist …
6consume — verb (consumed; consuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French consumer, from Latin consumere, from com + sumere to take up, take, from sub up + emere to take more at sub , redeem Date: 14th century transitive… …
7break the seal — verb When consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often …
8break one's fast — verb To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food. His servant placed before him a slice of toasted bread, with a glass of fair water, being the fare on… …
9hold one's liquor — verb To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol. Just because a person is descended from hard drinking ancestors is no sign that he can hold his liquor better than… …
10live on — verb a) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing. When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater. b) To endure. Her memory lives on in our hearts …
